Temporary binder.



N. A. .IUDD.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 3, 19171 Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

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v I g2 1?? BY I ATTORNEYS WITNESS W v I NORRIS A. J UDD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

Application filed January 3, 1917.

. ing and protecting books or magazines. The

invention has for its principal objects to provide a construction whereby the contents thereof is locked from removal therefrom by unauthorized persons, one which may be manufactured at little cost and which will enable the book or magazine to be readily placed therein or removed therefrom by operation of a simple lock controlled mechanism, without in any way mutilating or injuring the book or magazine placed therein.

With the above mentioned and other ob jects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and set forth in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

To more fully comprehend the invention, reference is directed to the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view through the back bone of the preferred embodiment of my invention with a magazinelocked from movement therein.

Fig. 2 is a view in detailed section of the movable end lock retaining member in extended or unlocked position.

Fig. 3, is an end view of the improved binder.

Fig. 4 is a view in detailed top plan of the movable end locking member in locked position.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on lme 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring more particularly to the several views of the drawings, wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts, 1, indicates a suitable stifi or rigid binder back bone substantially U Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 7, 1917.

Serial No. 140,448.

shaped in cross section and open at its opposite ends. To the upper side edges 1, of the back bone 1, are flexibly connected or attached as at 2, the binder cover members 3, preferably of board or other rigid or flexible material.

Positioned within the back bone 1, adjacent the opposite ends thereof, are the end members 4 and 5, each of a width approximately equal to that of the interior of the back bone 1 and including respectively the base portions 6 and 6. vertical portions 7 and 7 and the tongue or hook members 8 and 8, which project over the respective base portions 6 and 6, between the upper side edges 1 of the back bone.

The end member 4, is fixed within the back bone 1, adjacent one end, by a suitable rivet or other securing means 9, and under the tongue portion 8 thereof, is adapted to be received one end of a binding rod 10 which is removably positioned within a book or magazine, preferably longitudinally between the leaves thereof and extending at its ends slightly beyond the ends of the book or magazine, as in Fig. 1.

The end member 5, is positioned within the back bone 1 adjacent the opposite end thereof and is formed in its base 6 with a longitudinal guide slot 12, through which extends the retaining rivet or member 13, passing through the back bone of the binder, the member 13 providing a guide or retainer relatively to which the end member slides longitudinally of the back bone of the binder. A flat locking spring 14 is retained in fixed position on the base portion 6 of the end member 5, by the rivet or retaining member 13, which extends through the outer end thereof and when said locking member is moved to its innermost position, as in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, the free end 15 of said spring 14 engages the upturned end 16 of the base 6', of the end member 5, locking the same from outward movement.

The back bone 1 is provided, in one of its side walls 1, adjacent the free end of said spring 14 as in Fig. 4, with a key or pin insertion opening 17 and the edge of the spring opposite said opening is raised or bowed upwardly as at 18 to guide a suitable key or pin, not shown, beneath the spring when inserted through the opening 17 The insertion of the key or pin in the opening 17, raises the free end of the spring above the upturned end 16 of the base 6, permitting longitudinal movement of the end memher 5 relative to the back bone 1, of the binder. I

In positioning a book or magazine within, the binder, the rod 10, is first placed between the leaves of thebook, preferably in the cel -Q ter thereofand is tightly pressed against the back thereof with the opposite ends projecting beyond the end of the book as in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The end member 5 is then manually moved. outwardly relative to the back bone 1 of the binder as in Fig. 2 of the drawings, by first releasing the spring 14:, through the insertion of a key not shown, in the opening. 17. The back of the book 11, is then positioned within the back bone of the binder within one end of the binding rod 10v beneath the tongue 8 of the end member 4. The. end member 5 is then moved inwardly over the other end of the rod 10 as in Fig. 1' until the free end 15 of the spring 14 engages the upturned end 16 of the base 6 of the end mem her 5, at which time the book is locked- Within the binder with the tongues 8 over the opposite end-s of the rod 10 and to remain in such position until a key is inserted. to raise the free end of the. spring 15,. when the end15 may be moved outwardly and the book removedv from the binder.

It is apparent that it is not required to mutilate the book in any manner to position the same within the binder, and the book may be positioned within or removed from the binder with little efl'fort, and when positioned within the binder, is locked from movement,-by any unauthorized persons.

Having thus described'my invention, what I claim is 1. A binder for books and the like, comprising a channeled back bone for receiving theback of a book, a binder rod for cooperation with a book and adapted to project beyond its ends, cover members hinged to the side edges of said coverback bone, a pair of endmembers mounted within said chan neled back bone and each including an inwardly disposed tongue portion, adapted to overlie the projecting ends of the binder rod when the book ispositioned within the binder, one of said end members capable of movement lineall-y of the channeled back bone to permit of the insertion of said binder rod between said end members, and key releasable lock controlled means for maintaining said slidable end member in position to lock said binder rod between said end members.v

2. A binder for books and the like, c'om prising a channeled back bone for receiving the back of a book, a binder rod for cooperating with a book and adapted to project beyond its ends, cover members hinged to the side edges of said back bone, a pair of end members facing each other and mounted within saidbhanneled back bone, each. of said end members comprising a base portion and a tongue portion over-hanging the same in spaced relation thereto, said tongue portions adapted to overlie the ends of said binder red when the same is positioned within the back bone of the binder, means for attaching each of said members to said. backbone, one of saidend members slidable relatively toitsv attaching member and longitudinally of said back bone and provided: with an. upturned inner end, a key releasedrspring carried by one of said attaching members for engaging the upturned end of said slidable end member to lock the same from outward movement.

8. A binder for books and the like, comprising a channeled back bone for receiving the back of a book, a. binder rod. for removably positioning. between the leaves of a book with. its ends projecting. beyond the ends thereof, cover members hinged. to the side walls of said channeled back bone, a pair of locking. end members carried within the channel ofthe back bone for engaging over the projecting ends of said binderrod to retain the book in. position. within. the binder, one of said end. members capableof movement from the other member to inoperative position, and key releasable means for automatically locking said movable end member when. the same is in said first men.- tioned position.

4:. A binder for books and the like, the same comprising a channeled. back bone for receiving the back of a book and provided with a key insertion opening in its side wall, a binder rod for removably positioning between the leaves of a book withr its ends projecting beyond the ends of the book, cover members hinged to the side walls of said. channeled back bone, a pair of looking end members carried. within the channel of the back bone and adapted when in. operative position to project over the opposite ends of said binder rod to retain the book in position within the binder, one of said. locking end members capable of movement longitudinally of the binder back bone to in operative position, and means releasable 115 through said opening in said. back bone side wall for locking said movable end member in its operative position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NORRIS A. JUDD.

Witnesses:

J. B. MCCAULEY, FRANK C. MILLER.

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